Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and deals with the sacred stones of the ancestors as described in his thesis on pages 89-101 and pages 151-160. In between some words are said in Dutch. On the cover is also added after wim ganege hasin wajitna. This could be reference to wim ganege hakasin in the village of Wajatma where Herman Peters observed the ceremony on 4-6 September 1963.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The tape has 10 cm diameter and is larger than the ones Herman Peters used usually 8 cm

Side A is 103’12 and Side B is 57’35

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